Blogs from Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Limón, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 6

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Terwijl het ondertussen stevig doorvriest in Nederland zal ik hier af en toe een update geven van mijn belevenissen in Costa Rica en Panama. Begin Februari zou ik eigenlijk zijn begonnen met een nieuwe opdracht op mijn werk, maar de klant had toch de centjes even niet, dus zou er uitstel zijn van minstens een maand. Naar buiten kijkend, tegen het immer schone Boxtelse beton bedacht ik dat dit wellicht een mooie gelegenheid was om er eventjes tussenuit te knijpen. Mijn baas was vanwege ziekte afwezing, dus die stemde toe, en zodoende zit ik nu in Costa Rica. De ironie wil dat ik ondertussen al een mailtje heb gekregen van een collega dat de klant opeens wel centjes heeft, maar ja, deze jongen zit nu veilig in de Caribean. Er moet me trouwens eerst even iets ... read more
the good life
monkey in the park
Monkey being pissed off


Well we are all due for another relaxation day today. The boys were hung over so in the morning I got my stuff organized. We went to book plane tickets home but had credit card problems. We are planning to head back to Canada on the 17th because that is the cheapest and best time for our remaining cities. We want to do a loop through Panama and end up in San Jose for the flight. The weather has been bad all day so we lazed in hammocks for most of it. Eventually we made it to the Internet cafe again to book our tickets. We fly home on the 17th and get into Vancouver at midnight. We ate dinner at the hostel which was the traditional carribean whole fish chucked in a stew. They put ... read more


Today we all decided to do our own things. Matt mainly lazed about the hostel while the rest of us randomly wandered around town. Justin, Morris, and I found our way to a black sand beach that entertained us for an hour before we found out the sand was just too fine. It stuck to everything and didn't come off very well. I headed back to the hostel while they went to a local diner for food. Later in the day Justin and I headed back into town to checkout all the stores. After aimlessly wandering again for over an hour we headed back to the hostel to chill in hammocks. Halfway back it began to downpour so we were stuck hiding under a tree on the beach. By the time it let up enough for ... read more


Being the first of February I realized we have been gone for two months now. Recalling our trip so far, we have had an amazing adventure. Today we go on, travelling from San Jose to Puerto Viejo. We managed to miss our ten o'clock bus because it was full so our morning consisted of sitting at the bus terminal until 12. When we got on the bus to start the four and a half hour ride, Morris realized the batteries on his iPod were out and Matt's were on low. It was going to be a long ride for them as Justin, Andrew, and I put in headphones and relaxed. The ride was uneventful and we arrived in Puerto Viejo around five. From there we booked into Rockin J's hostel and went to get dinner and ... read more


Today we left Bocas and Panama to cross into country number 14! We started our journey with a taxi boat to Isla Colon, from there it was another water taxi to the mainland. Once on mainland we took a taxi to the bus stop then jumped on a bus to Changuinola, from there we took another taxi to the boarder! Once at the boarder we got our stamps then walked over the bridge and into Costa Rica! We then took our last transport of the day, another bus to Puerto Viejo. Although the journey sounds crazy it was actually surprisingly easy but just a little time consuming! We arrived in Puerto Viejo hot and hungry, we dropped our bags in our little wooden cabin and then went to find something to eat. We found this cute ... read more


Hey there, Today was long. I woke up around 7am and finished all my packing. Then i wanted to clean up a bit so Hernan wouldn't have to work to hard on the house after we left. I swept the house, folded the towels, did the dishes, and rearranged all the furniture to how it originally was. When we went to bed last night the kitty cat had come to visit and had curled up on one of the chairs to sleep. Stinky was still hanging out on a rug on the porch. When i got up Stinky had scared the cat away and decided to curl up on her warm chair. He was squeezed into this tiny space and it was so cute i had to take a picture. Around 8am Myles got up and ... read more
raining in the morning sunny in the afternoon
my biiig bag
hernan not ready for a pic. here ya go mom.


Hey people! So we are getting ready to leave. Today i woke up at 8am and went onto the porch to read. When Myles got up a little later we started to pack. We both wandered around the house picking up things that we know needed to come home with us and that we weren't going to need in the next few days. Once that was done to the extent it could be until the next day, we relaxed for a little bit. We both knew that that would probably be the last time we got to just sit and enjoy the serenity of Costa Rica before our crazy trip home. When we got hungry we ate left over pizza and chicken from last night. At one point Stinky decided to come hangout. So we gave ... read more
"tattoos" that Ricky gave us with a plant from the rainforest
black sand
cool gate at a burned down building in town


Hello again, So on Thursday we were signed up for a tour with the bush master Ricky again. Myles had been really wanting to go to Manzanillo, and i had been really wanting to go to Punta Uva. So we set up a trip to do both in one day. They are very close together so it was a good plan. It was Cindy and Georges last day, so they just wanted to hangout at the house and relax, so it was just Myles and i. We met Ricky at the bus stop at 7am to catch the public bus outta town. Once we got on Ricky told us he had another couple of people we were going to meet at one of the stops on the way. Half way there these girls get on the ... read more
the trail
our guide
hiking


Hey all, I am doing one blog entry for both yesterday and today. We haven't done a whole lot and there aren't a lot of pictures so it would be easier to condense it. Yesterday we woke up around 7:30am to the sound of rain pounding on the roof. Cindy and George were getting ready to leave. Their taxi was supposed to get here at 8am. As they were finishing up last minute things, Myles and i got up to see them off. Before we knew it the taxi had arrived and we were waving them out the door. I cant believe it has been raining the past two pays. So inconvenient for travel, but since it is the rain forest i guess that's how it goes. It was so nice having them here for the ... read more
jerk chicken and beer from Boi Bois
stinky
the kitty


Hey there, So we had a lot of plans today that kinda got shot down because of the rain. We woke up around 5:30am to Myles blaring alarm clock on his phone. We weren't sure that we would get up that early without help so we set it last night. Fishing is early business. The boys (Myles and George) had a fishing trip set today and they had to meet their captain on the other side of town at 7am so we got up early to prepare for their departure. Cindy and i had a kind of girly day. We planned on going to the sloth sanctuary, then to a local chocolate farmer, then to a pretty waterfall. But, we were not getting picked up till 10am so we were only up to see the men ... read more
tree
trees in the creek water
ah sunset




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